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Rapid Response 47 is another Trump white alt spewing racist shit

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[–] SARGE@startrek.website 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I live near a town with a street that was named "church street", not because the church was on it, but seven. The town as a whole has at least 17 that I know of.

About half of them have bells, and of those, 5 ring every hour on the hour all day and night, one rings every hour from 8am to 8pm, two or three ring 3x a day (sunrise, noon, sunset) and the others either don't have bells or don't use them regularly enough for me to notice.

I can hear the chiming from my back yard, which is several miles away from the city limits.

I don't know how people put up with it, honestly. It's nothing to do with my dislike for religion in general, I just hate all that noise, and would not be able to live close to them.

I do think my town is a bit of an anomaly though.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

5 ring every hour on the hour all day and night, one rings every hour from 8am to 8pm

To be fair those are clock bells and not really about religion.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

While not inherently religious, they come from a religious building.

Besides, I'd argue that If it were simply about being a clock, they wouldn't all be going, every single day, competing with each other for the most ridiculous "music" at noon that can last up to 3 minutes.

[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

I lived in Oxford for a few years and, if anything, I became rather fond of all the bell ringing. But I can see why someone might have the opposite reaction.